Vol. 52, Issue 2Pub Date : 2020-12-28DOI: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.56956aa8
S. Jeffery, Tony Lynas-Gray, R. Hilditch
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Vol. 52, Issue 2Pub Date : 2020-12-15DOI: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.53f6dcad
E. Moravec
{"title":"A Resource for Creating a Website to Promote Your Scientific Work","authors":"E. Moravec","doi":"10.3847/25c2cfeb.53f6dcad","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.53f6dcad","url":null,"abstract":"Creating a website to promote one's scientific work has become commonplace in many scientific disciplines. A plethora of options exist for framework to generate your website content, hosting it, and registering a domain name. The goal of this document is to provide early career scientists (1) an overview of the current options for creating a website to promote their professional persona, and (2) general advice concerning website written content and one's web presence. To get a sense of how other scientists created their websites, I created a survey asking colleagues about the services they used to create their websites and advice they have for someone creating a website. I received 54 responses from 53 astronomers and one computer scientist of which 23 were in an academic position beyond postdoc (faculty, scientist, etc.), 1 was an individual research fellow, 4 were in their third postdoc, 4 were in their second postdoc, 16 were in their first postdoc, and 6 were graduate students. I report the results of this survey here.","PeriodicalId":268604,"journal":{"name":"Vol. 52, Issue 2","volume":"34 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134538724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vol. 52, Issue 2Pub Date : 2020-12-15DOI: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.9b7fdbfa
Randall K. Smith
{"title":"A Review of Publication Policies from Missions and Projects in Astronomy and Related Fields","authors":"Randall K. Smith","doi":"10.3847/25c2cfeb.9b7fdbfa","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.9b7fdbfa","url":null,"abstract":"Modern science is a communal affair, with researchers joining into groups of all sizes for a single project or perhaps a career-long endeavor. Each field has its own standards and norms of practice, driven by history and funding patterns. Astronomers, broadly defined here to include astrophysicists, planetary scientists, heliophysicists, and physicists involved in astronomy, have an extremely long history and an eclectic funding pattern that includes private donors, government grants, and multi-national funding.","PeriodicalId":268604,"journal":{"name":"Vol. 52, Issue 2","volume":"32 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124801447","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vol. 52, Issue 2Pub Date : 2020-12-10DOI: 10.3847/25c2cfeb.d73b7960
L. Leboulleux, 'Elodie Choquet, E. Huby, Garima Singh, F. Cantalloube
{"title":"A socio-demographic study of the exoplanet direct imaging community","authors":"L. Leboulleux, 'Elodie Choquet, E. Huby, Garima Singh, F. Cantalloube","doi":"10.3847/25c2cfeb.d73b7960","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3847/25c2cfeb.d73b7960","url":null,"abstract":"Astronomy and science are fields in which specific groups remain under-represented despite multiple studies that investigate this issue and propose solutions. In this article, we analyze the demographics and social behavior of the exoplanet direct imaging community. Our focus is on identifying possible under-representation among this group, and quantifying inappropriate social behaviors. During the Spirit of Lyot conference 2019 (Tokyo, Japan), we conducted a survey that gathered a participation rate of 53%. We analyzed the data collected under the prisms of gender balance and seniority representation. The proportions of women and of non-binary persons reveal a more diverse community in comparison to the other scientific groups (e.g. the IAU members), but still far from a balanced representation of all genders. Early-career scientists appear to have a lower visibility in the field than permanent researchers, with PhD students being under-represented at international conferences, and postdocs being excluded from conference Science Organizing Committees. Regarding social relations, the results are alarming, in particular when it comes to self-censoring of women or to unprofessional behavior, which was experienced by 54% of this community (gender-biased behavior: 29%; oral interruption: 33%; inappropriate behavior: 33%), and in particular by women. We recommend the community to become pro-active to build a safe environment and to continue its inclusion efforts. One aspect could be to systematically include socio-demographic surveys in conference registration forms to monitor the evolution of the community, in particular at larger scales. To do so, the survey questions available on GitHub.","PeriodicalId":268604,"journal":{"name":"Vol. 52, Issue 2","volume":"51 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2020-12-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123628739","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}